Detachable wheel



Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

WILFRED L. REGNIER, OF DAYTON,"OHIO.

DETACHABLE WEEEL.

Speclcation ot Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

Application filed January 10, 1919. Serial No. 270.482.

To all 'whom it may aoncem:

Be it known that I, `WL-nmo L. Reuxnn, 1\ citizen of the United States`residing at Dayton. in the County of Montgomery and 5 State of Ohio,have invented certain new `and useful Improvements in Detachable Wheels,of which the -following.: is a specificetion. e

T his invention rehtes to new and useful improvements in (letuehnhlewheels.

ing or removing thnt huh after the woolen port has heeh taken oil'. Myinvention is well mlaptel for Forl uutonohiles, by muking it possible`to easily :pply to the hnhs ot the wood wheels thereol'( u deinountzhlewire wheel without :lte'ingx or removing the hub after the wooden purthus heen discounectel therefrom.

Another object ol' my in'ention is to provicle teper-cd means forformin:: the (l'ivig connection between the inner huh oi' the(lemountahle wheel and the woml wheel hnb, wherehy any wear in thedriving connection mt'y' be readily token up.

The prefe'red form ot' enholinent of my iwention is illustrutetl in thenveompmying drawing. throughout whirh :nd the specification similarreference charm-ters lenote corespontling prts.

Beton-ing to the uceonpunying drnwin.

which is a, View, partly in section. of a kll mountable wire wheel hnhappliel to the wood hnb of :in nutomohle. the nunerul t designates thehst nunel hub, while. the

uumerolt! designates the sleeve or inner hub of u wre wheel.

The sleeve 2, which is 'exteriorly threaded on its enter end, is uluptedto telescope on the hub 1, terminatmg at its inne' end n a hongreportion 3 adpted to be Secured to the {tango 4 of the said hub 1.

The numerul 5 designates the outer portion of the removnble wire wheelhub that supports the wheel structure by means of spokes ti. T his outerhuh portion 5 is adapted to be readily slippetl over the sleeve 2 etterthe letter is in place upon the huh 1.

The outer hub portion 5 ter-minutes at its inner end in e Ranged` part 7provided w th tepered upertures or holes mlapted to receive 6 6 thet'nperetl heads of driving pins 8 whose shank portions project throughhole in the sleeve flanged portion 3 andhub flanged portion 4respectively. Each drivig pin 8 is threaded on its inner end to receive&nu 9. T he heads of the drive. pins B-are tep'-ed whe'ehy their positionin the tpered holes of the flange 7 of the outer h'b rtion 5 of the wirewheel, may be adjusti o tak'up wear or play.

'l`he oute' hb portion 5 of the -wire wheel is fi-mly held in place onthe sle-eve 2,-and is p-essel tirmly against the teper erllheads of thedrive pins .8, by 'means of a hub cap10` end of said sleeve by a spannerwrench; The

hnh enp 10 has an inwardly teper-ing inner end which. when the said c pis' screwe'd mwurdl'. will engnge the interior periphe ol' the outwamllyflring outerend of thell portion F of the demountuble wheel, to hold iton the sleeve 2 as well s to press it tightly nga 'mst the tupered headsof the driving pins 8. The hnl vap 10 is preferably made of hruss. whilethe sleeve 2 and outer hib pm:: tion F ure prefe-nbly construted ofp'e'ss'ed steel. f v V o I To npply` ny inproi'ecl clemountble" wheelhuh to the huh of :i wood wheel, itis only neccs'szrj to removethe Woodportion from the htte', leaving the "hub standvas it The sleeve 2 'isthen slipped *over the 'hub'l'1; after which the s'hmk portions of thedrive pis 8 ure passed through theholesin the tlnnzed portons 3 and %ofthe sleeirefl and hnl 1 respectively, and the nuts 9 npplied to. and'tightened on` the inne' endslof said pis. The outer hub portion 5 ofthe' wire wheel is then forced over the sleev 2 .until the tnpe-ed holesin the flanged portion 7 the former tightly receive the ,te red headsof. the driving pi'ns 8. The hu cap 10 is then serewed on the threadedend-'of the sleeve 2 n sufi'cient distanceto hold the hub' portion 5firmly on the sleeve 2, end .the flnngecl portion 7 of the lettertightly against the tupe'ed heads of said drivng pina 8. demountablewire wheel is therefore provided for ready and firm 'attachment to thehnh of n Wood wheel. without altering Or changing the letter hub afterthe woodpa-t has been removed.

To change a tire, or for any other reason,

my improved demountable wire wheel may Having described my invention, Iclaim: I

In a device of the type specified. the com- 10 against the flnge on thew b ation with :L wood wheel hub, of n sle ve a apted to be telesco edthereon, a flu ge ;`the nner end of sei sle/eve, a corresp d:

111% fiange on the wood wheel hub, an uter 5 hu adagpted to be slipgedon said sleeve e flange on said outer hu adjacent the flange on saidsleeve, pns 'connectng the flange on said wood wheel hub and the fian eon said sleeve a nut on each pin ada, bed' to bear o wheel hub,

and a arrow-shaped head on the outer end of each pin whose base portionbears against the flange on said sleeve and whose tapering front portion?rojects into a tapering hole in the fiange o the outer hub.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8th da of January1919.

WIL RED L. R hmm. Witness:

HOWARD S. Sn'ra.

